Tom Flanagan's Child Porn Comments Addressed By Judge In Statement

Judge Douglas Agnew sentenced Darrel Donald Stupnikoff to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to possessing and sharing child pornography.

According to the Star Phoenix, when arrested by police, Stupnikoff emphasized that he never did physically harm children. Agnew said he has encountered this sentiment often and referenced Flanagan's controversial statement that watching child pornography doesn't hurt anyone.

"Professor Tom Flanagan of the University of Calgary is reported to have said, with respect to the idea of jailing people who view child pornography, "[i]t is a real issue of personal liberty and [sic] to what extent we put people in jail for doing something in which they do not harm another person," CBC reports Agnew as saying.